August 2009
21 posts
John Mayer - Quiet →
One of my favorites, and a very appropriate song, given the time, off of the Inside Wants Out EP. Link goes to a LastFM autoplay, recorded live.
3:02 The space in this room Has turned on me And all my fears Have cornered me here Me and my TV screen The volume’s down Blue lights are dancing around And still I can’t seem to find The quiet inside my mind
“Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once: the 21 greatest...”
– Crash Davis, Bull Durham
"Fans"
Catcher Koyie Hill said he doesn’t know how the fans will react Tuesday, but he hopes they will keep the faith in spite of the Cubs’ position in the playoff hunt — eight games behind the Cardinals in the National League Central and seven behind the Rockies for the wild card.
(Chicago Tribune)
This is something I just don’t understand. I’m disappointed with the Cubs’...
Bonfire
I just went to a friend’s house-warming party, and on the way back had this on repeat. For a thirty-minute walk. Third Eye Blind has made the wait totally worth it. I had the strongest urge to just belt out the whoa-ah-ohs at the end of the song as I was walking.
If nothing else I am myself That’s all I have to give Everything’s changing now
Oh we could live like kings If...
Monotov's Private Opera
Definitely one of the standout tracks on Ursa Major. Let’s be honest, though, I’ll probably do this with most tracks.
Maybe I, maybe I am like no other
And some moments are more real than the books I’ve read And the good woman, maybe she meant what she said And I’ll tell you now, some things go straight to my head
And I’ll tell you, baby It’s you and only...
“Ah music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!”
– Albus Dumbledore
McSweeney's →
This is one of the best McSweeney’s pieces I’ve ever read. Below is the first paragraph.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO THE ULTIMATE EVENT IN MANLY COMPETITION
By Steven Markow
Sir, I am challenging you to the ultimate event in manly competition. I am challenging you to a bare-knuckled brawl in the back of an open-topped race car, driven by an unashamedly nude Gisele Bündchen, moving at speeds...
